Load-regulated brake.



v G.- F. SOUTH. LOAD REGULATED BRAKE. APPLICATION FILED HAY 4. 1910.

Patented Dec. 6,1910.

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G. P. SOUTH. LOAD REGULATED BRAKE. APPLIqATIoN FILED MAY 4, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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GEORG-E F; SOUTH, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

LOAD-REGULATED BRAKE.

Application filed May 4, 1910. Serial No. 559,406.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. SOUTH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented a new and useful LoadsRegulated Brake, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to the combining, uniting or compounding of a system of bars of metal or other substance, such as levers, turning on a fulcruln, to increase the pressure of the brakes on the wheels, or the braking power, of loaded cars or other vehicles, the wheels of which run on a road or way on which iron rails are laid. And it consists of the improved construction and novel combination of parts of the same as will be hereinafter first fully set forth and described and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specication, wherein ,hFigure 1 is a sectional view of the Hat car and end truck on the line x, w, ofFig. 8. In this view the position of the levers and attachments are shown when the car is unloaded and in this View the brakes are applied to the inside or adjacent sides of the wheels. Fig. 2 is anot-her view of same showing the position of the levers and attachments when the car is loaded. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the flat car and end truck shown in Fig. 1. In this view the outline of the car is shown in dotted lines. Fig. 4 shows the application of this invention to the outside of the wheels.

In the accompanying drawings ;*the numeral 1 indicates part of a car, in this case, part of the platform of a Hat car, 2 the truss rod secured t0 the end sill 3 of the car 1, c, the upper timber of the truck 4 on the upper side of which the truss rod 2 rests, 5 the springs between the upper timber, c, and lower timber, d, of the truck 4, to take up the jar of the car 1, 6 the wheels of said truck 1, and 7 the brakes of said wheels, 6.

8 indicates the brake cylinder, shown particularly in Fig. 3, and secured in place to the underside of the car, in which brake cylinder 8 the air is compressed, 9 the piston rod of said brake cylinder 8, 10 a cross bar to which the piston 9 and longitudinal bar 11 is secured, as shown, 12 a bar secured to the cross bar 10, and 13 a chain secured to and extending from the bar 12 to and engaging with the brake wheel 14, the latter Specification of Letters Patent.

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being operated by the brakeman from the top of the car, and 15 a, rod extending from said cross bar 10 to the lever 16.

` 17 is a lower longitudinal bar to which the ends of the levers 16 and 18 are secured.

19 and 20 indicate brake beams to which the brakes 7 are connected, and 21 and 22 are couplings which connect the brake bea-ms 19 and 20 about midway with the levers 16 and 18, as shown, 23 and 24 are hangers which support the brakes 7 from the castings 25 secured to the lower part of the truck 4, or from any other suitable support.

26 is a coupling rod which pivotally connects one end of lever 18 with one end a, of the bell crank lever 27.

27 is a bell crank lever pivotally mounted on the casting 28 secured to the upper timber, c, of the truck 4, and the other end, Z7, of this bell crank lever 27, is pivotally connected by a connecting bar 29 to a casting 25 secured to the lower timber, d, of said truck 4.

30 indicate metallic frames secured to the truck 4 and to the axles 31 of the wheels 6, as shown particularly in Fig. 3, to securely hold the frames 30 to the truck 4, and to pivotally attach said frames 30 to the axles 31.

32 indicate a series of holes in the longitudinal bar 17, and 83 a series of holes in the coupling rod 26, in which the bolts 34 and 35, respectively, may be moved or the adjustment of these parts.

In themodication, shown in Fig. '4, the brake beams 19 and 20, with the brakes 7 and attachments are shown outside of the wheels 6, in this case the casting 280i the bell crank lever 27 has to be made longer as the bell crank lever 27 has to be reversed and the coupling 26 has to be made longer to reach the lever 18.

In general practice it is known that the braking power of a car is estimated at a ce1'- tain per cent. of its light weight (about seventy per cent. on freight cars), and that this 1s not increased when the car is loaded. The' weight of the train is increased and the strength of the brake is not. Also the piston travel has a great deal to do with the braking power. A thirteen pound reduction with a four inch piston travel gives fifty seven pounds pressure in the brake cylinder, while a twenty five pound reduction with a ten inch travel gives only forty seven pounds in the brake cylinder.

l'llhe object of this device therefore is to shorten the piston travel when the car is loaded'by al system of levers connected with the levers 1G and 18 and the truck 4l.

The operation'is as 'follows z-As the unloaded car, shown in Fig. 1, is loaded t the position, shown in Fig. 2, the platform 1 and the upper timber, c, of the truck' 4L lower to the position, shown in Fig. 2, compressing the springs 5 between-the upper and lower timbers, c, and, d, of the truck 4. While the springs 5 have been compressin and the timber c lowering, the connectingL ar 29-has been raising the end, Z), of the bell crank lever,lthus'1aising1the-end, a, of said'bell cranklever27 as wellv as the end .of the c0upling'rodzQG. This forces-the other end of the lcoupling rodQG andthe upper end of the lever .18 attached thereto outwardly and moves it' to a1 greater distance from the truck 4, or to. a more nearly vertical position. The two leversl :an dI 18 beingv connected at their lower `ends by the'bar 17,.outward motion thus impartedto lever 18ispartially trans- -mittedzto the lever 16r and veach brake block 7 is brought closer to its respective wheel. It is therefore evident that the brake rod15 and kthe operating'piston will travel a less distance in applying the brakes to. aloaded car thanI to ani unloaded car.

A device constructed as described provides afsimple,strong and: durable braking power, one in whichthe braking power of the car is increased when loaded, and 'one'that is elli- 1 cientl in practical use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim;

1. A device of the class described comprising a truck formed with upper Vand lower timbers, springs :between 4said timbers, upwardly-extending levers positioned at `opposite lsides of lsaid timbers, a; longitudinal vbar connecting the lower ends-of said levers,

Vbrake beams, brakes secured to said brake beams, lcoupling `means connecting -saidl brake beams' to said levers intermediate the ends of the latter,a coupling rod connectedto the upper end f of .one of said levers, a 'brake cylinder, a piston wit-hin said cylinder, a lon-gitudinalnrod connecting the other of said levers at its upper end with saidapiston, a connecting bar pivotedI to the F lower timber,

a bell crank lever pivoted to the upper timber, one arm of said bell crank lever con- `'nectedto said coupling rod and the other said brakek cylinder piston, a connecting bar connected to ,the i lower: timberk of-fsaidtruck,

a bellcrank lever, one ofthe: arms o-which `is connectedzto said-.coupling rod andthe `other to said connecting bar, Aand said .bell

cran'kleverconnected to" the upper timber of said truck. l'

3. lln `a deviceof the classdescribedfa vehicle, .a truck secured 'to said vehicleand Aformed with upper Aand llower timbers,

springs 4between Vsaid timbers, and wheels secured to salditruck, 1n combinatlon with levers, a longitudinal :bar connecting the flower ends of 'said .flevers together, brake beams, brakes lconnected tof said brake beams and adapted to lie close tosaid wheels, couplin'gslfor connecting said brake beamswith said levers, a coupling-rod -connected yto one off saidlevers, ak brake cylinder, a brake cylinder pistona longitudinal rod connecting :the other of said-leversfwith saidbrake Vcylinder piston, a connectingbarconnectedtoV the lower timber: of said truck, abell crank lever, one of the arms ofwhichis connected to said coupling rod iandthe other to "said connecting bar, and said bellk crank lever` coninectedto the upper timber ofsaid` truck.

In testimony whereoff havesigned'- in the presence of the two undersigned witnesses. GEORGE F.r-SOU1`H. vWitnesses P. J .lEDMUNDs, S. HARDY- 

